Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id AAA01001; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:08:06 -0500 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.4); Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:06:14 -0500 Received: from ng.netgate.net (root@ng.netgate.net [204.145.147.10]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id AAA00866; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:05:48 -0500 Received: from [205.214.160.35] (d115.netgate.net [205.214.160.153]) by ng.netgate.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA27623 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:16:49 -0800 X-Sender: dcrocker@ng.netgate.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199604031832.NAA12768@wilma.cs.utk.edu> References: Your message of "Fri, 29 Mar 1996 07:35:02 EST." <2.2.16.19960329123502.1fd7cd2c@mail1.reston.mci.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:02:40 -0800 To: drums@cs.utk.edu From: Dave Crocker Subject: Re: MSA/MDA proposal At 10:32 AM 4/3/96, Keith Moore wrote: >Internet mail always has a "split UA", at least in the sense that mail is >delivered to a "mailbox" and not a "user agent" and that mail readers get >incoming mail from mailboxes via some other protocol. The "mailbox"/"mail >reader" separation should be explicit in the model because it's what most >often corresponds to reality. Yup. The key point is the the extra protocol. (From a modeling standpoint, the mailbox IS the user agent since it is owned by the user and hence is under the user's control.) -------------------- Dave Crocker +1 408 246 8253 Brandenburg Consulting fax: +1 408 249 6205 675 Spruce Dr. dcrocker@brandenburg.com Sunnyvale CA 94086 USA http://www.brandenburg.com Internet Mail Consortium http://www.imc.org, info@imc.org